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Master of Science in Nursing
Acute
Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP)
The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner acquires knowledge
and experience to provide direct health care services to adults across
the lifespan for the purposes of health promotion, health protection,
disease prevention, and management of common acute and chronic illnesses.
The acute care nurse practitioner works in a variety of clinical settings
that include, but are not limited to, acute care hospitals, long term
care facilities, physician offices, urgent care centers, and ambulatory
care centers. The population in acute care nurse practitioner practice
consists of adults over the age of 18 years through the elderly. The
acute care nurse practitioner focuses on adults across the lifespan
experiencing acute and episodic chronic health problems. There are a
total of 42 credit hours in the specialty with 705 clinical hours.
The acute care nurse practitioner graduate is prepared
to:
- Synthesize knowledge from nursing theories,
the humanities, and evidence-based scientific clinical guidelines
to guide assessment of health status of adults across the lifespan.
- Demonstrate advanced practice clinical decision
making, integrating critical thinking, to interpret patient and
diagnostic test data and formulate differential diagnoses and a
plan of care for adults across the lifespan.
- Design and implement a mutually agreed upon
management plan and therapeutic interventions with adult patients
and families across the lifespan.
- Evaluate and revise the documented management
plan based on patient/family findings, problems and expected outcomes
of treatment.
- Apply adult assessment methodologies and research
findings to improve and evaluate the care of adult patients and
families across the adult lifespan.
- Advocate for patients and families to provide
cost-effective, culturally competent, ethical, quality care in and
across health care settings.
- Model responsibility for continued professional
development, integrity, accountability, competence, and credentialing
as an acute care nurse practitioner.
Internet and Distance Education
All courses for this program will be offered using distance technologies.
Distance education initiatives using Internet web pages, CD-ROMs and
streaming presentations are designed to assist the working or distance
student advance educationally.
Clinical
Learning Expectations
Graduate nursing clinical practice requirements may be completed in
the student's own community. The student is responsible for identifying
preceptors and clinical sites in their own community. Approval of selected
preceptors and clinical sites must be obtained from faculty prior to
beginning clinical hours. Students may be required to visit campus in
order to demonstrate clinical competency. Faculty will also validate
clinical competency through site visits and/or conference calls with
preceptors and students. A written agreement with the agency is required
prior to initiating clinical experiences.
MSN - Curriculum
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Core Courses |
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| N612 Advanced Nursing Research |
3 credits |
| N613 Theoretical Basis for Advanced
Practice Nursing |
3 credits |
| N614 Issues in Advanced Practice
Nursing |
3 credits |
| N615 Advanced Nursing Research
II |
3 credits |
| N616 Management of the Client in the Health
Care System |
3 credits |
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15 credits |
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| Clinical Core Courses |
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| N617 Advanced Concepts of Pathophysiology |
3 credits |
| N618 Advanced Health Assessment |
3 credits |
| N622 Clinical Pharmacology |
3
credits |
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9 credits |
| Adult Acute Nurse Practitioner
Courses |
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| N674 Acute Care Nursing of Adults
I |
6 credits |
| N675 Acute Care Nursing of Adults
II |
6 credits |
| N676 Acute Care Nursing of Adults
III |
6 credits |
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18 credits |
Course Descriptions
Study Plan/Advising
Form
MSN Admission
Requirements and Registration
Post Masters Credit
The Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner option is offered for post-masters
credit to students with a Masters Degree in Nursing. The program
of study is individualized and based on transcript evaluation
and clinical practice experience.
Continuing Education for Advanced
Practice Nurses
A wide variety of continuing education offerings are provided for the
APN to maintain licensure and to stay current in practice. Pharmacology
CEUs are offered for independent study and in scheduled classes. Internet
offerings are also available. |
